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Old 02-06-2019, 09:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Volod View Post
My stone age teacher (the guy that starred in those Geico commercials) used to ask kids who started sentences with a conjunction what they were conjoining. The kid would then scratch his head and mumble, "huh...?"
My favorite similar grammar-related comeback is this classic from Cheers:

Sam: Haven’t you got customers to be waiting on?
Diane: You ended that sentence with a preposition.
Sam: Haven’t you got customers to be waiting on, Mullet-head?
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